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Self‐Assembly of Molecular‐Sized Boxes
Author(s) -
Hunter C. A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199510791
Subject(s) - tetrahedron , self assembly , chelation , metal ions in aqueous solution , chemistry , ion , nanotechnology , coordination complex , metal , crystallography , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A simple recipe for tailored cavities for the recognition of neutral organic guests: just mix difunctional chelate ligands with metal ions having a preferred coordination geometry. Boxes, cylinders, or tetrahedra form in high yields by self‐assembly. Of course it's not quite this easy, but the studies discussed here indicate that this strategy for the construction of macrocyclic hosts has a bright future.